Differential Proteomics of the Cerebral Cortex of Juvenile, Adult and Aged Rats
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ics om & B te i Wille et al., J Proteomics Bioinform 2017, 10:2 ro o P in f f o o DOI: 10.4172/jpb.1000424 r l m a Journal of a n t r i c u s o J ISSN: 0974-276X Proteomics & Bioinformatics Research Article Article Open Access Differential Proteomics of the Cerebral Cortex of Juvenile, Adult and Aged Rats: An Ontogenetic Study Michael Wille1, Antje Schümann, Michael Kreutzer2, Michael O Glocker2, Andreas Wree1, Grit Mutzbauer3 and Oliver Schmitt1* 1Department of Anatomy, Gertrudenstraße 9, 18055 Rostock, Germany 2Proteome Center Rostock, Schillingallee 69, 18055 Rostock, Germany 3Department of Pathology, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany Abstract The identification of up- and downregulated as well as absent proteins in the central nervous system is necessary to understand the interplay of migration, differentiation and integration of neuronal progenitor cells at different stages of development. In a first step, differentially expressed proteins of the cerebral cortex of the laboratory rat at three significant stages of development were identified. The cerebral cortex needs differential abundances of proteins during ontogenesis and uses its high plasticity postnatally to adapt to many types of intrinsic and extrinsic changes. This study focuses on the identification of specific proteins which are differentially expressed during postnatal development. Cerebral cortices of P7, P90 and P637 old wistar rats were dissected and analyzed by two- dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2DE) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) analysis. The identified and differentially expressed proteins are subdivided into 13 different classes. Proteins of the functional classes of the carbohydrate metabolism, structural and regulatory proteins as well as proteins involved in the energy metabolism show the highest differential abundance within the analyzed stages of development. Cytoskeleton proteins like neurofilaments and β-actin are downregulated in early development. In contrast, some proteins which are necessary for migration and motility are upregulated in P7 versus P90 animals. Furthermore, proteins for vesicular trafficking like drebrin and Gdi2 are upregulated in P7. In aged animals oxidative stress sensors, proteins necessary for autophagy of dysfunctional mitochondria, growth control and hypoxia tolerance (Ppp1ca, Eno1) turned out to be upregulated. Overall, energy consumption and differentiation processes as well as specific regulatory mechanisms can be observed at least indirectly by differential abundances of proteins during the investigated stages of ageing. Keywords: Brain; Development; Cerebral Cortex; Proteomics; Rat of synapses, neurons and whole brain regions to adapt their properties depending on their biological task. Different types of neuroplasticity are: Abbreviations: A: Axon; CBB: Coomassie Blue; CpG: Cytoplasmic evolutionary, reactive, adaptive and reparative plasticity [5]. Synaptic Granule; CNS: Central Nervous System; Cts: Centrosome; Cr: plasticity is the most common form of neuroplasticity during aging and Chromosome; CSK: Cytoskeleton; CP: Chaperones; CPM: Cytoplasm; it describes the activity-dependent change of the synaptic transmission CPV: Cytoplasmic Vesicle; CTS: Cytosol; Cx: Cerebral Cortex; ECM: strength [6]. In addition, cortical plasticity follows the activity- Extracellular Matrix; ER: Endoplasmic Reticulum; Eds: Endosome; dependent change of the brain size, the connectivity or the activation ExR: Extracellular Region; GC: Growth Cone; GJ: Gap Junction; patterns of cortical networks [7]. Strength and length of stimuli lead to Golgi: Golgi Apparatus; HGC: Heterotrimeric G-protein Complex; specific interactions of parts of the nervous system which may change LA: Lipid Anchor; Lyso: Lysosome; M: Membrane; Micro: Microsome; the structure of neuronal tissue at the ultrastructural and microscopic MMT: Mitochondrial Matrix; MM: Mitochondrial Membrane; level. In terms of differences in the weight of rat brains as well as body MIM: Mitochondrion Inner Membrane; MIMS: Mitochondrion mass, changes of the abundance pattern of proteins can be determined. Intermembrane Space; MOM: Mitochondrion Outer Membrane; MEL: Especially in the first two postnatal months a strong increase in the rats’ Melanosome; Mito: Mitochondrion; MT: Microtubule; NC: Nucleus; brain mass occurs. Between postnatal day P2 and P25, the biggest mass NF: Neurofilament; NM: Nucleus matrix; NP: Nucleoplasm; P: Proteasome; PA: Proteins Antioxidants; PAAM: Proteins Amino Acid increase can be determined, whereas a further increase happens around Metabolism; PB: Proteins Biosynthesis; PCM: Proteins Carbohydrate P60 [8]. Also until P275 an additional mass increase occurs, but on the Metabolism; PD: Proteins Degradation; Per: Peroxisome; PEM: Proteins whole in a decreased and slower pattern [9]. Energy Metabolism; PEMA: Proteinaceous Extracellular Matrix; PFM: In the first postnatal weeks a considerable number of migratory Proteins Fat Metabolism; PMP: Peripheral Membrane Protein; PR: Proteins Regulation; PST: Proteins Signal Transduction; PTM: Proteins Transmitter Metabolism; RS: Ribosome; S: Synapse; Sc: Secreted; *Corresponding author: Oliver Schmitt, Department of Anatomy, SCc: Spliceosomal Complex; SER: Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum; Gertrudenstraße 9, 18055 Rostock, Germany, Tel: +49-(0)381-494-8408; SP: Structural Proteins; SV: Synaptic Vesicle; Ss: Synaptosome; SR: E-mail: [email protected] Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; TP: Transport Proteins; ULC: Ubiquitin Received December 22, 2016; Accepted February 24, 2017; Published February Ligase Complex 28, 2017 Citation: Wille M, Schumann A, Kreutzer M, Glocker MO, Wree A, et al. (2017) Introduction Differential Proteomics of the Cerebral Cortex of Juvenile, Adult and Aged Rats: An Ontogenetic Study. J Proteomics Bioinform 10: 41-59. doi: 10.4172/jpb.1000424 Within the intrauterine development from embryonal days (E1- E22) the neurulation occurs during E7 [1,2]. The CNS develops mainly Copyright: © 2017 Wille M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted between E14 and E22 [3]. Neuroplasticity is a fundamental process for use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and brain development and neuro-ontogenesis [4]. It describes the property source are credited. J Proteomics Bioinform, an open access journal ISSN: 0974-276X Volume 10(2) 41-59 (2017) - 41 Citation: Wille M, Schumann A, Kreutzer M, Glocker MO, Wree A, et al. (2017) Differential Proteomics of the Cerebral Cortex of Juvenile, Adult and Aged Rats: An Ontogenetic Study. J Proteomics Bioinform 10: 41-59. doi: 10.4172/jpb.1000424 processes (e.g. of the glial progenitor cells) are necessary for the development of the Cx is subdivided into different phases. Originating development of the CNS. This neuronal migration stops at the time of from a three-layer structure, the ventricular, the intermediary and the birth; however, exceptions for different types of cells occur. For example, early marginal zone (preplate) build a new layer (cortical layer), located the migration of neuroblasts in the rostal migratory stream (Figure 1) between preplate and intermediary zone. From here the migration of from the subventricular zone to the olfactory bulb is a physiological postmitotic neurons (cortical plate) begins where densely packed and process in the adult rat. In addition, neuronal progenitors at the border radiating arranged cell extensions are visible. The ventricular zone can of the granular cell layer and the hilus show neurogenesis and migrate be divided into an inner and an outer zone. The inner zone shows a into the granular layer [10]. The synaptogenesis proceeds in two higher cell density than the outer zone [13-16]. An immigration of different phases: early stage (P1-P5) and later stage (P15-P20) [11]. As neurons occurs at the base of the cortical plate [17-18]. Differentiation regards the number of neural and non-neural cells, differences during and synaptogenesis are associative, partly overlapping processes [19]. the development have been observed. While the number of non-neural Within the cortical plate, neuronal cell layering can be divided into cells is limited to 4 million cells (ca. 6% of the total cell number) after the upper marginal zone and the underlying subplate [20]. The cells birth, the number increases up to 140 million cells in the adult rat brain of the subplate show the characteristics of differentiated neurons and, (ca. 50% of the total cell number). A large portion of these non-neural therefore, can process synaptic information from afferent nerve fibers cells originate from the cerebellum (90%). On the whole, the growth of [21]. Additionally, a projection of the neurons themselves into the the non-neural cells (except for the cerebellum) is finished by the end cortical plate, the thalamus and the colliculus superior is observed [22]. of the third postnatal week [8]. The Cx shows the largest increase of mass during the first postnatal The Cx develops from the prosencephalon (Figure 1) [12]. The week. In the following weeks of the first postnatal month, the brain Figure 1: Overview of the rat brain at the level of the Cx. In (a-c) three-dimensional reconstructions of the rat brain from dorsal (a), ventral (b) and lateral (c) are shown. Reconstruction has been build using the neuroVIISAS framework (http://neuroviisas.med.uni-rostock.de/neuroviisas.shtml).